Egypt’s president awards himself powers reminiscent of his predecessor BARELY a week ago Muhammad Morsi, Egypt’s president, was basking in praise for helping forge a truce in neighbouring Gaza. Today he rules, shakily, over a bitterly polarised nation. On November … Continue reading →

Behind the figleaf God’s Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis. By Tom Hickman. To possess a penis, Sophocles said, is to be ‘chained to a madman’. God’s Doodle examines the schizophrenic relationship between man and this madman – … Continue reading →

Two Italian virgins marry and go on their honeymoon. Unfortunately, neither knows what to do when they get there. The newlyweds call the groom’s mother for advice. The mother says that they should sit on the bed together, snuggle, and … Continue reading →

PARIS — Europe’s first gay and lesbian-friendly mosque opens on Friday in an eastern Paris suburb, in a challenge to mainstream Islam’s long tradition of condemning same-sex relationships. The mosque, set up in a small room inside the house of … Continue reading →

Montreal ( i/ˌmʌntriːˈɒl/; French: Montréal; pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeal] is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the largest city in the province, the second-largest in the country (after Toronto) and the fifteenth-largest in North America. Originally called Ville-Marie, … Continue reading →

By LESLIE KAUFMAN For years Dr. Eben Alexander III had dismissed near-death revelations of God and heaven as explainable by the hard wiring of the human brain. He was, after all, a neurosurgeon with sophisticated medical training. Dr. Eben Alexander … Continue reading →

Obama where is the Democracy that you demand of Dictators like Morsi. Wake up Mr. President and do not be fooled by the Terrorist. Al Zawahri was Ikhwan so was Ossama Bin Laden do you think that bunch is any … Continue reading →